List of districts of Maharashtra

Location of Maharashtra in India

The Indian State of Maharashtra came into existence on 1 May 1960. It is also known as Maharashtra Day, initially with 26 districts. 10 new districts have been created since then, and currently the number of districts in the state is 36. These districts are grouped into six administrative divisions shown below.

Regions and Divisions

Maharashtra is divided into 36 districts, which are grouped into six divisions.(In the following map, the recently created Palghar district has not been shown)[1]

Districts and divisions of Maharashtra (without Palghar district)

Regions

Geographically, historically, and according to political sentiments, Maharashtra has five main regions:

Divisions

Name of Division
(Headquarter)		RegionDistrictsLargest City
Amravati Division
(HQ: Amravati)		Vidarbha (Varhad) Amravati
Aurangabad Division
(HQ: Aurangabad)		Marathwada Aurangabad
Konkan Division
(HQ: Mumbai)		Konkan Mumbai
Nagpur Division
(HQ: Nagpur)		Vidarbha Nagpur
Nashik Division
(HQ: Nashik)		Khandesh Nashik
Pune Division
(HQ: Pune)		Paschim Maharashtra Pune
  1. ↑ Nashik district culturally does not belong to Khandesh region. Culturally, Nashik, Ahmednagar and Aurangabad districts share a same pattern which was called Gangathadi.
  2. ↑ Amravati Division used to be a separate region of Central Provinces and Berar as Berar Division known as "Varhad" in Marathi before becoming part of Vidharbha Division of Maharashtra.

Districts

The table below lists important geographic and demographic parameters for all 36 districts. Population data are extracted from the 2001 Census of India.

NoNameCodeFormedHeadquartersAdministrative
Division		Area (km2)Population
(2001 census)		% of State
Population		Density
(per km2)		Urban (%)Literacy (%)Sex RatioTehsilsSource
1AhmednagarAH1 May 1960AhmednagarPune17,4134,088,0774.22%234.7719.6780.2294114District website
2AkolaAK1 May 1960AkolaAmravati5,4171,818,6171.68%300.7844.0488.059387District website
3AmravatiAM1 May 1960AmravatiAmravati12,6262,606,0632.69%206.4034.5082.583814District website
4AurangabadAU1 May 1960AurangabadAurangabad10,1002,897,0132.99%286.8337.5361.159249District website
5BeedBI1 May 1960BeedAurangabad10,4392,161,2502.23%207.0417.916893611District website
6BhandaraBH1 May 1960BhandaraNagpur3,7171,135,8351.17%305.5815.4468.289827District website
7BuldhanaBU1 May 1960BuldhanaAmravati9,6802,232,4802.3%230.6321.275.894613District website
8ChandrapurCH1 May 1960ChandrapurNagpur10,6952,071,1012.14%193.6532.1173.0394815District website
9DhuleDH1 May 1960DhuleNashik8,0631,707,9471.76%211.8326.1171.69444District website
10GadchiroliGA26 August 1982GadchiroliNagpur14,412970,2941%67.336.9360.197612District website
11GondiaGO1 May 1999GondiaNagpur4,8431,200,1511.24%247.8111.9567.6710058District website
12HingoliHI1 May 1999HingoliAurangabad4,526987,1601.02%218.1115.266.869535District website
13JalgaonJG1 May 1960JalgaonNashik11,7653,679,9363.8%312.7971.476.0693215District website
14JalnaJN1 May 1981JalnaAurangabad7,6121,612,3571.66%211.8219.0964.529528District website
15KolhapurKO1 May 1960KolhapurPune7,6853,515,4133.63%457.4429.6577.2394912District website
16LaturLA16 August 1982LaturAurangabad Division 7,3722,080,2852.15%282.1923.5771.5493510District website
17Mumbai CityMC1 May 1960MumbaiKonkan67.73,326,8373.43%49,140.910086.47770District website
18Mumbai SuburbanMU1 October 1990BandraKonkan3698,587,0008.86%23,27110086.98223District website
19NagpurNG1 May 1960NagpurNagpur9,8974,051,4444.18%409.3664.3384.1893313District website
20NandedND1 May 1960NandedAurangabad10,4222,876,2592.97%275.9828.2968.5294216District website
21NandurbarNB1 July 1998NandurbarNashik5,0351,309,1351.35%26015.546.639756District website
22NashikNS1 May 1960NashikNashik15,5304,993,7965.15%321.5638.874.492715District website
23OsmanabadOS1 May 1960OsmanabadAurangabad7,5121,486,5861.53%197.8915.754.279328District website
24ParbhaniPA1 May 1960ParbhaniAurangabad6,2511,527,7151.58%244.431.855.159589District website
25PunePU1 May 1960PunePune15,6427,224,2247.46%461.8558.180.7891914District website

Palghar District

26RaigadRG1 May 1960AlibagKonkan7,1482,207,9292.28%308.8924.27797615District website
27RatnagiriRT1 May 1960RatnagiriKonkan8,2081,696,7771.75%206.7211.365.131,1369District website
28SangliSN1 May 1960SangliPune8,5782,583,5242.67%301.1824.562.4195710District website
29SataraST1 May 1960SataraPune10,4842,796,9062.89%266.7714.278.5299511District website
30SindhudurgSI1 May 1981OrosKonkan5,207868,8250.9%166.869.580.31,0798District website
31SolapurSO1 May 1960SolapurPune14,8453,849,5433.97%259.3231.871.293511District website
32ThaneTH1 May 1960ThaneKonkan9,5588,131,8498.39%850.7172.5880.6785815District website
33WardhaWR1 May 1960WardhaNagpur6,3101,230,6401.27%195.0325.1780.59368District website
34WashimWS1 July 1998Washimwashim5,1501,020,2161.05%275.9817.4974.029396District website
35YavatmalYTL1 May 1960YavatmalAmravati13,5842,077,1442.14%152.9318.657.9695116District website
36PalgharPL1 August 2014PalgharKonkan5,3442,990,116
(2011)		3.09%
(2011)		56250809008[http:// District website]
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See also

References

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